Find me playing till sunrise for 50 cents and a sandwich.

Ain't nobody's business, if I bark like a dog.

I got that first record out, it came out in '47... Then my name began to ring around. I began to take over. From that point, I tell you, Chicago was in my hand, all the more time that those guys had to listen to me.

Man, you don't know how I felt that afternoon when I heard that VOICE and it was my own VOICE.

Robert Johnson? No, I didn't know him, personally.

I got up one Christmas morning and we didn't have nothing to eat. We didn't have an apple, we didn't have an orange, we didn't have a cake, we didn't have nothing.

Now that I'm gettin old enough to get some money, I'd like to have some money. I don't get much made, I need to conquer a big chunk of money. Not quit playin but quit playin so hard.